Gender and Gender-Based Violence
Many cash transfer programmes target women, making it possible to measure gender-specific outcomes, such as the dynamics around finances and household decision-making. Additionally, cash transfers may alleviate intrahousehold stress which may contribute to more equitable gender relations and reduce emotional and physical domestic violence.
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| Type | Title | Country(s) | Year | Citation |
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| Presentation | Long-term effects on households and adult children of Malawi's National Cash Transfer Program | Malawi | 2024 | |
| Journal Article | Transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a cash plus intervention in rural Tanzania: a mixed-methods study | Tanzania | 2022 | |
| Journal Article | Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi | Malawi | 2024 | |
| Journal Article | ‘Joy, not sorrow’: Men's perspectives on gender, violence, and cash transfers targeted to women in northern Ghana | Ghana | 2023 | |
| Blog | Tips for linking social protection and gender-based violence prevention and response during COVID-19 | General/Unaffiliated | 2020 | With COVID-19 throwing a spotlight on both social protection and gender-based violence, experts explore some of the ways these topics intersect. |
| Journal Article | Gender-responsive social protection post–COVID-19 | Multi-Country | 2022 | Gavrilovic M, Rubio M, Bastagli F, Hinton R, Staab S, Goulder RG, Bilo C, Khan R, Peterman A, Diallo B, Alfers L, Santiago A, Rizvi Z, Holmes R, Mejia JGJ, Tabbush C. Gender-responsive social protection post-COVID-19. Science. 2022 Mar 11;375(6585):1111-1113. doi: 10.1126/science.abm5922. Epub 2022 Mar 10. PMID: 35271320. |
| Journal Article | Government Antipoverty Programming and Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana | Ghana | 2021 | Peterman, A., Valli, E., & Palermo, T. M. (2021). Government anti-poverty programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana. Economic Development and Cultural Change 70 (1), https://doi.org/10.1086/713767 |
| Journal Article | ‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana | Ghana | 2021 | Barrington C., Peterman A., Akaligaung A. J., Palermo T., de Milliano M., Aborigo R. A., ‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana, Social Science & Medicine, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114521. |
| Journal Article | Impacts of a Cash Plus Intervention on Gender Attitudes Among Tanzanian Adolescents | Tanzania | 2020 | Chzhen, Y., Prencipe, L., Eetaama, F., Luchemba, P., Mnyawami Lukongo, T., Palermo, T. (2020) Impacts of a Cash Plus Intervention on Gender Attitudes Among Tanzanian Adolescents, Journal of Adolescent Health, ISSN: 1054-139X, Vol: 68, Issue: 5, Page: 899-905 |
| Journal Article | A cash plus program reduces youth exposure to physical violence in Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2020 | Chakrabarti, A., Handa, S., Angeles, G., Seidenfeld, D. (2020) A cash plus program reduces youth exposure to physical violence in Zimbabwe, |
| Video | #CSW63? Highlights: Leveraging Cash Transfers to Reduce IPV at Scale | 2019 | #CSW63? Highlights: Leveraging Cash Transfers to Reduce IPV at Scale |
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| Video | Cash Transfers, Early Marriage & Fertility in Malawi & Zambia | Malawi; Zambia | 2019 | Cash Transfers, Early Marriage & Fertility in Malawi & Zambia |
| Brief | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries | Multi-Country | 2020 | Hidrobo M, Kumar N, Palermo T, Peterman A, Roy S. (2020). Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries. International Food Policy Research Institute. UNICEF Office of Research, Florence, Italy. |
| Journal Article | Peterman A, Palermo T, Handa S and Seidenfeld D on behalf of the Zambia Child Grant Program Evaluation Team. (2017).List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia's unconditional child grant program.Health Economics,0: 1-7. | Zambia | 2017 | Peterman A, Palermo T, Handa S and Seidenfeld D on behalf of the Zambia Child Grant Program Evaluation Team. (2017).List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia's unconditional child grant program.Health Economics,0: 1-7. |
| Journal Article | How does a national poverty program influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents? | Kenya | 2016 | Handa S, Palermo T, Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Tucker Halpern C and Thirumurthy H. (2016). How does a national poverty program influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents? Global Public Health, 5: 617-638. |
| Working and Position Paper | Peterman A, Potts A, O-Donnell M, Thompson K, Shah N, Oertelt-Prigione S, van Gelder N. (2020). Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children. Center for Global Development. | Multi-Country | 2020 | Peterman A, Potts A, O-Donnell M, Thompson K, Shah N, Oertelt-Prigione S, van Gelder N. (2020). Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children. Center for Global Development. |
| Working and Position Paper | Making money work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia | Zambia | 2016 | Natali L, Handa S, Peterman A, Seidenfeld D & Tembo G on behalf of the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team (2016).Making money work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia,Innocenti Working Paperno. 2016-02, UNICEF Office of Research, Florence. |
| Working and Position Paper | Cash for Women's Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia's Child Grant Programme | Zambia | 2016 | Bonilla J, Castro R, Handa S, Nowlin C, Peterman A, Reeves H, & D Seidenfeld on behalf of the CGP Evaluation Team (2016).”Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Programme.”Innocenti Working Paper No. 2016-01, UNICEF Office of Research, Florence. |
| Journal Article | Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls | Kenya | 2015 | Handa S, Peterman A, Huang C, Halpern C, Pettifor A,and Thirumurthy, H. (2015). “Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls”. Social Science & Medicine, Sep; 141:36-45. |
| Blog | Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries | Multi-Country | 2020 | Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries. Melissa Hidrobo (IFPRI) Neha Kumar (IFPRI), Tia Palermo (SUNY Buffalo), Amber Peterman (UNC-CH) and Shalini Roy (IFPRI). April 2020. |
| Blog | A gender lens on COVID-19: Pandemics and violence against women and children. Megan O'Donnel (IFPRI), Amber Peterman (UNC-CH), Alina Potts (GWU). April 2020. | 2020 | A gender lens on COVID-19: Pandemics and violence against women and children. Megan O'Donnel (IFPRI), Amber Peterman (UNC-CH), Alina Potts (GWU). April 2020. | |
| Blog | Reducing intimate partner violence through cash transfers: the next research frontier. Angie Lee, (UNICEF Innocenti for IFPRI's blog) April 2019 | 2019 | Reducing intimate partner violence through cash transfers: the next research frontier. Angie Lee, (UNICEF Innocenti for IFPRI's blog) April 2019 | |
| Blog | Measuring taboo topics: List randomization for research on gender-based violence.Amber Peterman and Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti), January 2018 | 2018 | Measuring taboo topics: List randomization for research on gender-based violence.Amber Peterman and Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti), January 2018 | |
| Blog | When over 500 minds converge to prevent gender-based violence.Amber Peterman and Alina Potts (UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti), October 2017 | 2017 | When over 500 minds converge to prevent gender-based violence.Amber Peterman and Alina Potts (UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti), October 2017 | |
| Blog | New Systematic Review on Cash Transfers and Contraceptive Use-Good Research and Bad Advice?Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti) and Amanda Glassman (Center for Global Development), February 2017 | 2017 | New Systematic Review on Cash Transfers and Contraceptive Use-Good Research and Bad Advice?Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti) and Amanda Glassman (Center for Global Development), February 2017 | |
| Blog | Cash transfers: What's gender got to do with it?Amber Peterman and Luisa Natali (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), Jennifer Yablonski (UNICEF Headquarters), May 2016 | 2016 | Cash transfers: What's gender got to do with it?Amber Peterman and Luisa Natali (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), Jennifer Yablonski (UNICEF Headquarters), May 2016 | |
| Podcast | #HEARMETOO: UNICEF Research on Gender-Based Violence for #16Days of Activism: UNICEF Innocenti podcast | #HEARMETOO: UNICEF Research on Gender-Based Violence for #16Days of Activism: UNICEF Innocenti podcast | ||
| Instrument | Young Women's Questionnaire (South Africa Evaluation) | Young Women's Questionnaire (South Africa Evaluation) | ||
| Video | Pandemics and violence. UNICEF Innocenti. April 2020. | Multi-Country | 2020 | Pandemics and violence. UNICEF Innocenti. April 2020. |
| Journal Article | The Government of Kenya's Cash Transfer Program Reduces the Risk of Sexual Debut Among Young People Age 15-25 | Kenya | 2014 | Handa S, Halpern C, Pettifor A andThirumurthy H. (2014).The Government of Kenya’s Cash Transfer Program Reduces the Risk of Sexual Debut Among Young People Age 15-25,PLOS ONE 9(1): 1-9. |
| Blog | Mind the gender gap: How can a gender-norm lens improve social protection outcomes for adolescents? | 2018 | Mind the gender gap: How can a gender-norm lens improve social protection outcomes for adolescents?Maja Gavrilovic and Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti), September 2018. |
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| Blog | Cash support: A new tool to decrease Intimate Partner Violence? | 2018 | Cash support: A new tool to decrease Intimate Partner Violence?Ana Maria Buller andMeghna Ranganathan (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) andAmber Peterman (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), September 2018. |
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| Blog | Marriage, Fertility, and HIV Prevention: Have Our High Hopes for Cash Transfer Programmes and Adolescent Girls been Dashed? | 2015 | Marriage, Fertility, and HIV Prevention: Have Our High Hopes for Cash Transfer Programmes and Adolescent Girls been Dashed? Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), December 2015. |
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| Blog | Giving girls a chance | 2015 | Giving girls a chance Michelle Mills (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), August 2015. |
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| Blog | Evidence from Africa shows cash transfers increase school enrollment | 2015 | Evidence from Africa shows cash transfers increase school enrolment Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), February 2015. |
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| Journal Article | Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility | Zambia | 2016 | Palermo T, Handa S, Peterman A, Prencipe L andSeidenfeld D, on behalf of the Zambia CGP Evaluation Team (2016). Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility. Journal of Population Economics, 29(4): 10831111. |
| Working and Position Paper | Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfer in Africa Does not Increase Fertility | Zambia | 2015 | Palermo T, Handa S, Peterman A, Prencipe L, Seidenfeld D for Zambia CGP Evaluation Team. (2015). Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfer in Africa Does not Increase Fertility. Innocenti Working Papers No. 2015-09, UNICEF Office of Research, Florence. |
| Brief | Measurement of Interpersonal Violence in National Social Cash Transfer Evaluations. The Transfer Project Research Brief 2015-02. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill | Kenya | 2015 | Palermo T. (2015). Measurement of Interpersonal Violence in National Social Cash Transfer Evaluations. The Transfer Project Research Brief 2015-02. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Brief | Kenya Cash Transfer Program Delays Sexual Debut Among Young People Age 15-25 | Kenya | 2013 | The Transfer Project Team. (2013). Kenya Cash Transfer Program Delays Sexual Debut Among Young People Age 15-25. Transfer Project Research Brief 2013-03. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Journal Article | Cash Transfers, Early Marriage, and Fertility in Malawi and Zambia | Malawi; Zambia | 2018 | Dake F, Natali L, Angeles G, de Hoop J, Handa S and Peterman A on behalf of the Malawi Cash Transfer Evaluation Team and the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team. (2018). Cash Transfers, Early Marriage, and Fertility in Malawi and Zambia. Studies in Family Planning, 49(4): 295-317. |
| Working and Position Paper | Qualitative research on the impacts of social protection on rural women's economic empowerment | Malawi | 2017 | Nesbitt-Ahmed Z, Pozarny P and de la O Campos AP. (2017). Qualitative research on the impacts of social protection on rural women’s economic empowerment. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. |
| Journal Article | The livelihood impacts of cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Beneficiary perspectives from six countries | Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Zimbabwe | 2017 | Fisher E, Attah R, Barca V, O’Brien C, Brook S, Holland J, Kardan A, Pavanello S and Pozarny P. (2017). The livelihood impacts of cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Beneficiary perspectives from six countries. World Development, 99: 299-319. |
| Journal Article | Understanding the linkages between social safety nets and childhood violence: a review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries | Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; South Africa; Tanzania | 2017 | Peterman A, Neijhoft A, Cook S and Palermo T. (2017). Understanding the linkages between social safety nets and childhood violence: a review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries. Health Policy and Planning: 1-23. |
| Journal Article | Child marriage and associated outcomes in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study | Ghana | 2018 | de Groot R, Yiryele Kuunyem M and Palermo T on behalf of the Ghana LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2018). Child marriage and associated outcomes in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 18: 285. |
| Brief | Measurement of interpersonal violence in national social cash transfer evaluations. Transfer Project Research Brief 2016-05 | Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe | 2016 | Palermo, T.(2016). Measurement of interpersonal violence in national social cash transfer evaluations. Transfer Project Research Brief 2016-05. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Journal Article | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries | Kenya; South Africa | 2018 | Buller AM, Peterman A, Ranganathan M, Bleile A, Hidrobo M and Heise L. (2018). A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries. The World Bank Research Observer, 33(2). |
| Working and Position Paper | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries | Burkina Faso; Kenya; Multi-Country; South Africa | 2018 | Buller AM, Peterman A, Ranganathan M, Bleile A, Hidrobo M and Heise l. (2018). A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries. Innocenti Working Paper 2018-02. UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti. Florence, Italy. |